WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1837
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in Jim Dan Hill, The Texas Navy, 74, 83-87. On December 18, 1837, Hous- ton explains why Boylan was retained in the navy in spite of the 1·ejection of his appointment of May 22 (See Houston to the Texas- Senate, December 18, 1837). After Lamar came to the presidency, we find Boylan, April 10, 1839, applying again for appointment to naval service. (See Lamar Papers, V, 273-274.) It seems such appointment was not granted, and in 1843, we find Commodore James D. Boylan in command of the Yucatecan navy in the naval battles off Campeche. (See Jim Dan Hill, Texas Navy, 185- 186.) William C. Binkley, Official Correspondence of the Texan Revolution, II, 980, 1027-1028, 1035-1036.
To THE TEXAS SENATE 1
Executive Department, City of Houston, 23rd May, 1837. Gentlemen of the Senate: With pleasure I submit[to] you the names of the following Gentlemen for appointment in the Comissary General of Subsistence Department, viz: Commissaries of Subsistence George Clinton Frailey and Wm Kennedy Stiles 2 Ass [istant] Commissary of Subsistence John Doleman Your concurrence is respectfully requested in the above nom- inations Sam Houston 1 E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Journals of the Senate, Republic of Texas, 1896-1845, 55. 2 Beyond casual mention no further information has been found concern- ing these men. All the nominations of this document were unanimously confirmed, May 24, 1837. See Ibid., 56.
To THE TEXAS SENATE 1
Executive Department, City of Houston, May 25th, 1837. Gentlemen of the Senate I have the honor to reply to your communication of the 23rd inst[ant] touching the appointment of the Hon [orable] Memucan Hunt 2 as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Government of the U [nited] States. When the Hon[orable] Wm. H. Wharton 3 was appointed as Minister Plenipotentiary to that Government, the Hon [orable] Congress of Texas was then in session, but the different Depart- ments of Government were not organized ; and it was impossible to effect through him, the assurances of our condition, which would be of the most satisfactory· character as to our capacity of
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